January 30, 2012
GAITHERSBURG, Md.--MaxCyte, Inc., the pioneer in scalable, high performance cell loading systems, announces the production of gram-scale quantities of proteins and antibodies from CHO cells using the MaxCyte® STX™ Scalable Transfection System. The MaxCyte STX has the capability to transfect from 5E5 to 1E10 cells with comparable results from small bench scale through screening and [...]
Trevor Heritage Joins Appistry’s Expanding Management Team of High-Profile Technology Executives
January 30, 2012
ST. LOUIS -- Appistry, Inc., the world's best company at solving complex, data intensive problems, today announced that Trevor Heritage has joined the company's management team as VP of Sales and Marketing. Heritage will draw on his more than 20 years of global product development, marketing, and business development and operations experience to develop strategic [...]
Reveal Imaging Announces Successful Liquid Detection Testing for Aviation Security Market
January 30, 2012
MCLEAN, Va. -- Reveal Imaging, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI), announced today that it has successfully passed laboratory testing and met the requirements set by the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) for screening and detecting liquids contained inside passenger baggage. In the wake of the August 2006 thwarted bombing [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Develops New Method To Detect Carbendazim in Orange Juice
January 30, 2012
WALTHAM, Mass.--Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that scientists at its global Food Safety Response Center, located in Dreieich, Germany, have developed and internally validated a new method for detecting residue levels of the fungicide carbendazim in oranges and orange juice. The new carbendazim method was developed in response [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific PCT Assay for Sepsis Available for Abbott Analyzers
January 30, 2012
WALTHAM, Mass.--Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced an agreement with global healthcare provider Abbott Laboratories to make its Procalcitonin (PCT) assay available with Abbott’s immunochemistry analyzers. The company’s Thermo Scientific B.R.A.H.M.S Procalcitonin (PCT) assay will be available on Abbott’s ARCHITECT® “i” and “ci” series of immunochemistry analyzers. Abbott’s high-, medium-, [...]
Dr. David Brady Joins Centice Corporation as Chief Science Officer
January 30, 2012
Morrisville, NC, Centice Corporation, a pioneer in chemical verification and identification using Raman spectroscopy and computational sensor technology, announced today Dr. David Brady is returning to the company he co-founded in 2004 as Chief Science Officer and member of the Board of Directors. Dr. Brady is a well known expert in photonics and imaging technologies [...]
New Upchurch Scientific™ Very High Pressure Fittings for UHPLC
January 30, 2012
New Upchurch Scientific Very High Pressure (VHP) fittings for UHPLC applications incorporate a patent-pending design that allows the fitting system to be used up-to ten assembly cycles with no impact on pressure holding ability or carryover. The VHP one-piece fittings offer an increased ability to withstand the demanding requirements of today’s Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography [...]
Hamilton Introduces Automated DNA Sample Enrichment Solution Using Roche 454 REM e System
January 30, 2012
RENO, Nevada and BRANFORD, Connecticut - Hamilton Robotics announced today a new automated solution for DNA sample enrichment on the MICROLAB STARlet Liquid Handling Workstation. Integrating Roche's REM e liquid handling system, the workflow solution enriches up to eight DNA samples for subsequent sequencing on the GS FLX System [ https://www.454.com/products-solutions/product-list.asp ]. The integrated system [...]
PerkinElmer Board Declares Quarterly Dividend
January 30, 2012
WALTHAM, Mass.--The Board of Directors of PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.07 per share of common stock on January 27, 2012. This dividend is payable on May 11, 2012, to all shareholders of record at the close of business on April 20, 2012. About PerkinElmer PerkinElmer, Inc. is a global [...]
AB SCIEX and Phenomenex Respond to Orange Juice Contamination Concerns
January 30, 2012
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. & TORRANCE, Calif.--Scientists at the AB SCIEX/Phenomenex Rapid Response Unit have developed a method to test orange juice for the presence of a chemical fungicide called Carbendazim, which has been getting media attention in North America in recent weeks. This new method is in response to recent governmental concerns that shipments from Brazil, [...]
